Computer won't boot after installing a liquid cooling system

[steven1495]

So I just bought myself a liquid cooling system today, and after installing it, my computer won't boot at all. I got an Antec Kuhler H2O 620 liquid cooling system, and when i got everything all plugged in and back to normal, I press the power button and nothing happens, no fans, no hard drives, nothing. I have tried everything I can think of, and nothing seems to work. I know that my computer is receiving power because when I plugged my mouse into the usb port, the LED's on it light up, so I am at a loss as to what is happening.
My specs are:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition CPU
RAM: 8GB Patriot RAM
Video Card: Evga Geforce GTX 550 TI
Motherboard: ASRock N68C-GS FX
500 Watt Power supply

Thanks in advance

 

[payturr]

CPU power connector plugged into the mainboard? All the cables are properly connected?

 

[steven1495]

Im pretty sure, i've triple checked everything. I can try to upload some pictures if you want

 

[payturr]

Sure - very odd situation you have there by the way, hopefully its very solvable. Never heard of the mouse working but nothing else.

 

[steven1495]

so im on my dads mac, and i can't find the link to upload pictures, do you have an email i can maybe send the pictures to?

 

[payturr]

If you press the little picture photo by the mail & quote button in Add a reply, you can insert your image.

 

[steven1495]

i cant find a way to do it on my dads mac, or ipad, or my blackberry

 

[payturr]

It shouldn't be that hard if you put the photos on your drive.

 

[steven1495]

i downloaded them both onto my dads mac and ipad, and took them from my blackberry. is it the thing where you post a link?

 

[payturr]

Upload it to like, photobucket, and share the link here

 

[steven1495]

I think I just figured it out, I had the power switch wired to the wrong outlet, I'll let you know if anything else acts up. Thanks for the quick reply

 

[payturr]

Anytime, happy computing + boxing day!

 

[steven1495]

well, I now have everything running, except now nothing is showing up on my screens :$ I have two screens set up, so during start up, everything shows up on one screen until it gets to the login screen, where it switches to my main screen, but nothing is showing up on either. any ideas? sorry for the trouble

 

[payturr]

Did you properly reconnect your GPU + the cables?

 

[steven1495]

yep, ive tried both of my connecters that fit into the gpu. Could it have something to do with the red switch on the back of the psu right beside the plug?

 

[payturr]

No I meant the connectors like VGA + DVI

 

[steven1495]

oh. ya theyre both connected properly. Everything was working perfectly a few hours ago before i put the liquid cooling in, and it just started to not work after I installed it

 

[payturr]

Very very odd, try reconnecting the GPU, and running just one monitor. Never use both btw - use ONLY DVI, because VGA is garbage, using a splitter cable.

 

[steven1495]

my gpu has 2 dvi ports, so thats why I am using both of them, and using just one port still doesn't work

 

[payturr]

Interesting, try booting the system with no GPU? Or you don't have onboard graphics?

 

[steven1495]

the motherboard has a vga slot, so i'll try that and see what happens

 

[payturr]

Lemme know

 

[steven1495]

so that didn't work either. The monitor says it can't detect a signal at all. I noticed that when I had it plugged into the gpu, that my main monitor was just black, it didn't have the message that says its not connected, but I'm not sure if that means anything

 

[payturr]

Hmm, very interesting, so the system is definitely online, what brand is your PSU?

 

[steven1495]

Its a dynex